In 2003, Handel was elected chairman of the Fulton County Board of Commissioners... “At my first meeting, I faced a $100 million budget deficit, a proposed three mil tax increase and a democratic majority,” she said...Despite these obstacles, Handel avoided increasing taxes, balanced the budget and implemented stringent ethics laws. (emphasis mine)

The 2003 Fulton Chair race may now be the "Rosetta Stone" for the 2010 Republican Primary.

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She benefits automatically by virtue of being the only woman in the race. People assume female politicians don't fuck around, and she gets a little natural transferred sympathy directed towards the wives of the male candidates who did fuck around. None of the other men in the field can now out-pious her on the infidelity portion of this mess.